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. >>> president obama pushes for gun control and immigration reform. but will any of it pass? >>> plus, mardi gras ends as lent begins. senator mark yes rubio's water shed moment lights up the twittersphere and this year us atop dog. >>> we've got two major stories this morning. president obama is telling supporters he needs their help to make the changes he proposed in his state of the union address. first, the latest from california on what may be the fiery end to the huge manhunt for accused cop killer christopher dorner. nbc's tony shin is in san bernardino with the latest. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. first of all, i want to show you something. take a look behind me. this is highway 38. there are chp officers blocking this road. they've been blocking this road for hours. we are about six miles away from that cabin where investigators found those human remains. this is where investigators say christopher dorner put up his last stand. cornered, desperate and out of options. a law enforcement source says they herd a single gunshot before the cabin went up in flam
. >>> president obama pushes for gun control and immigration reform. but will any of it pass? >>> plus, mardi gras ends as lent begins. senator mark yes rubio's water shed moment lights up the twittersphere and this year us atop dog. >>> we've got two major stories this morning. president obama is telling supporters he needs their help to make the changes he proposed in his state of the union address. first, the latest from california on what may be the fiery end to...
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president obama hits the road three cities in three days to push his agenda. >> mr. president, if you're truly worried about this issue, why aren't you working with congress that we elected to prevent it? >> reporter: luckily we'll hear more about that tonight. the republican response coming from florida senator marco rubio. >> all right. we'll be keeping on eye on all that. >>> as a reminder, msnbc will have all day coverage of the president's state of the union address beginning with "morning joe" live from washington, d.c. and our prime i'm coverage begins at 8:00 p.m. >>> many around the world are still stunned this morning by pope benedict's surprise announcement he's resigning. this hasn't happened in six centuries. it is creating shock waves even from the sky. lightning hitting st. peter's about a zilicca last night after the news broke. we have a reporter live in vatican city this morning. good morning. >> reporter: a day after the shocking announcement by pope benedict that he'll resign, more details remerging about that decision. the vatican's own newspaper
president obama hits the road three cities in three days to push his agenda. >> mr. president, if you're truly worried about this issue, why aren't you working with congress that we elected to prevent it? >> reporter: luckily we'll hear more about that tonight. the republican response coming from florida senator marco rubio. >> all right. we'll be keeping on eye on all that. >>> as a reminder, msnbc will have all day coverage of the president's state of the union...
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and when you make barack obama angry, he turns in to the rock-obama. >> i like it. i wouldn't mind seeing a tougher president at the state of the union tomorrow night but who's it for? us or for congress? guest spot is a white house insider who knows what goes in to framing a white house speech in to action. with us now is obama for america michael blake. michael, thank you so much for joining us. >> great being with you. >> s.e.? >> yeah. michael, we were all sort of talking about this before the show. the state of the union, is it your feeling that it's more a conversation between the president and the american people or the president and congress? steve was reminding us all that it started out for a way for president to talk to congress and since 1966, i believe, we have had an opposition response from congress so that seems to be maybe the historical interpretation but there's also reason to believe the president is speaking to the public since we have had the invent of the televisio television. what is your take? >> it is the conversation with the people. we do
and when you make barack obama angry, he turns in to the rock-obama. >> i like it. i wouldn't mind seeing a tougher president at the state of the union tomorrow night but who's it for? us or for congress? guest spot is a white house insider who knows what goes in to framing a white house speech in to action. with us now is obama for america michael blake. michael, thank you so much for joining us. >> great being with you. >> s.e.? >> yeah. michael, we were all sort of...
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eastern time, president obama's going to deliver a state of the union address. it's a speech that's going to focus on his long-term ideas for the country and also deal with the pressing economic issue that is unfolding now, those are the sequester cuts that kick in the first of march. can you expect the president to talk about it in tonight's address. >> you'll hear from the president a very clear call for the need to take action to help our economy grow and help it create jobs. you will hear from him a wall as he have heard in the past recently from him on congress not to shoot the economy in the foot unnecessarily, to allow the sequester to kick in when it is wholly unnecessary to do that. >>> senate democrats are looking to have a bill ready by thursday that would head off the $8$85 billion in automatic spending cuts. new revenue is not part of the solution that republicans including the senate minority leader mitch mcconnell are looking for. >> unless senate democrats allow a reasonable spending cuttal terntive to pass this chamber before march 1st, the pres
eastern time, president obama's going to deliver a state of the union address. it's a speech that's going to focus on his long-term ideas for the country and also deal with the pressing economic issue that is unfolding now, those are the sequester cuts that kick in the first of march. can you expect the president to talk about it in tonight's address. >> you'll hear from the president a very clear call for the need to take action to help our economy grow and help it create jobs. you will...
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the issue here is the larger program of obama care. when you look at rick scott and chris christie they'll take bits and piece toss help their individual states. i get that, but the larger program will financially implode until its own weight. that's just an economy reality. >> well, what kind of positioner these republicans in, who are, you know, rick scott, given the example he just decided he couldn't say no to that amount of money. do you think it's a situation where it's a year or two from now where we'll be litigating this against? >> republicans will never not litigating this. they've not come to terms with the fact that it is the law of the land. in terms of how it will explode the deficit, put aside the fact that analysis have shown it will cut the deficit. the idea that you're going to provide health care security -- you can laugh about it all you want, but at the end of the day it's not a laughing matter. >> we're at 16.4 trillion. >> let me finish. >> go ahead. >> you're talking about coverage for people who don't have it.
the issue here is the larger program of obama care. when you look at rick scott and chris christie they'll take bits and piece toss help their individual states. i get that, but the larger program will financially implode until its own weight. that's just an economy reality. >> well, what kind of positioner these republicans in, who are, you know, rick scott, given the example he just decided he couldn't say no to that amount of money. do you think it's a situation where it's a year or...
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when it comes to protecting the u.s., is president obama closer to george w. bush -- >> i don't think so. what you see is safeguards. former secretary robert gates saying we should have a core court going forward to make sure that we're -- that we're following procedure. you have brennan say in his hearing if we miss a target we should disclose it. that all represents a very different tone from what you saw under the bush administration, one of trying to have a procedure and openness and transparency and bringing everybody together to try to agree on how we balance security and privacy. >> the chairman of the intelligent committee says there's no need. let me play that. >> there is plenty of oversight here. there's not an american list somewhere overseas for targeting. that does not exist. i think there's sensationalism. this is a serious matter, but i think the rules have been consistent. >> chip, as you know, the act established 'federal court that oversees suspected foreign spies working in the u.s., so the question that's being debated is should there be a
when it comes to protecting the u.s., is president obama closer to george w. bush -- >> i don't think so. what you see is safeguards. former secretary robert gates saying we should have a core court going forward to make sure that we're -- that we're following procedure. you have brennan say in his hearing if we miss a target we should disclose it. that all represents a very different tone from what you saw under the bush administration, one of trying to have a procedure and openness and...
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president obama expecting to focus on the economy. and coming up in just a few minutes, we'll be talking with new york congresswoman, nita lowey. but back here in rome the surprise, shocking abdication by pope benedict is sparking a lot of conversations about the direction of the catholic church. the next pope will have to deal with the fallout of the priest sex abuse scandal, among other things, and always the question of, what happens when you have a situation that we haven't been in since the middle ages. joining me is vatican spokesman, greg fur. good to see you. >> thank you. >> first of all, what's going on back at the vatican? who's meeting? how are these decisions being made, for example, about when the conclave will be? >> that's all going to be decided in the coming days, not so fast. for right now, live goes on as normal, but not really normal. that's an exaggeration, to say normal. yesterday was a holiday. i thought i would have the day off, didn't turn out to be much of a day off. but in the coming days, i think we'll get
president obama expecting to focus on the economy. and coming up in just a few minutes, we'll be talking with new york congresswoman, nita lowey. but back here in rome the surprise, shocking abdication by pope benedict is sparking a lot of conversations about the direction of the catholic church. the next pope will have to deal with the fallout of the priest sex abuse scandal, among other things, and always the question of, what happens when you have a situation that we haven't been in since...
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>> republicans are putting the blame squarely on president obama. this week's republican address. >> republicans in congress right now will provide the flexibility to make the necessary spending reductions and address our deficit and debt instead of going through the sequester. in fact, house republicans have already passed two bills to replace the president's sequester. so the question is, why won't he work with us? the answer quite simply is because he wants higher taxes. >> joining me now, white house correspondent for the hill, amie parnes and ed o'keefe. >> good morning. >> we are so close to the sequester. give us your assessment. is this a foregone conclusion? >> the chances of a deal are pretty small. the stakes aren't so high in this particular showdown. we're talking about a lot of jobs and a lot of money obviously, but i think that, you know, these are reversible, they can -- congress and the white house can ooengtally come together in the coming weeks and work together on this as they are trying to strike a deal on the deficit. i would s
>> republicans are putting the blame squarely on president obama. this week's republican address. >> republicans in congress right now will provide the flexibility to make the necessary spending reductions and address our deficit and debt instead of going through the sequester. in fact, house republicans have already passed two bills to replace the president's sequester. so the question is, why won't he work with us? the answer quite simply is because he wants higher taxes. >>...
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here's my point, obama's going to turn up the heat as it gets closer to the deadline. as dana and i have been talking about, we both think the can's going to be kicking down the road anyway and as obama pushes other agenda items in the state of the union, the blame game just doesn't work outside of the capitol. i think people don't understand why congress cannot do a basic job of deciding on what to spend and what to cut. >> they're not watching that minutia is what you're saying. >> right. this is not -- they're not looking at decimal points and the broad theme is dysfunction and gridlock and therefore, i think, it's just both houses. >> we've seen a very confident president during the recent weeks, we saw the state of the union showing that confidence, that swagger as many have said. not pressing hard to deal with the sequester right now that he thinks maybe that republicans will get the blame here. is that his thought, you think? >> yeah, he's going to let them sweat it out for a little bit. and he's suggesting we move beyond this austerity. and it's time to start t
here's my point, obama's going to turn up the heat as it gets closer to the deadline. as dana and i have been talking about, we both think the can's going to be kicking down the road anyway and as obama pushes other agenda items in the state of the union, the blame game just doesn't work outside of the capitol. i think people don't understand why congress cannot do a basic job of deciding on what to spend and what to cut. >> they're not watching that minutia is what you're saying....
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one of the headlines in ""the daily beast" is obama pivots left. you saw the other headlines, aggressive, assertive. what was your take? >> you know, it was a lot of democratic themes that we have seen from the president on the campaign trail. things like raising the minimum wage and ideas like that. but i think that last clip is going to be the memorable part of this speech. his remarks on gun violence. he didn't say that he wants a certain bill passed. they want a vote. that's what's going to stick in the minds of people when they think about this particular state of the union. >> let's go to the other proposals beyond gun control from the minimum wage to putting money into manufacturing. as you looked at that speech and went over that list, let me go to capitol hill. john boehner is coming out. i'm sure we'll hear reaction from him. let's listen to the speaker of the house. >> things like making sure that our taxes are competitive and we need to reform our tax good. bring down the rates for all americans to make it fair. they expect us to contin
one of the headlines in ""the daily beast" is obama pivots left. you saw the other headlines, aggressive, assertive. what was your take? >> you know, it was a lot of democratic themes that we have seen from the president on the campaign trail. things like raising the minimum wage and ideas like that. but i think that last clip is going to be the memorable part of this speech. his remarks on gun violence. he didn't say that he wants a certain bill passed. they want a vote....
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president obama called for raising the minimum wage. speaker boehner came out against the preposal saying it will make it harder for small businesses to hire what might be more workers. what do you think the political ramifications of that might be for the gop? >> well, the gop has consistently been against the minimum wage. they have always used the same argument that speaker baner is using which is it will have a negative effect on unemployment. the unfortunate thing about that is that same argument could justify paying employees nothing. >> and as we mentioned viewership, we mentioned earlier, viewership for the state of the union is the lowest that it's been for 13 years. what do you make of that? >> westminster dog show. i mean i don't know about you. i was switching back and forth. >> banana joe is pretty compelling. >> it really was. i was among those who was very unhappy that golden retriever has never won. possibly could have won had he not stopped for a drink of water. >> do you think this signals that people are less engaged
president obama called for raising the minimum wage. speaker boehner came out against the preposal saying it will make it harder for small businesses to hire what might be more workers. what do you think the political ramifications of that might be for the gop? >> well, the gop has consistently been against the minimum wage. they have always used the same argument that speaker baner is using which is it will have a negative effect on unemployment. the unfortunate thing about that is that...
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look, the obama folks can rationalize this all they want. yes, they'll disclose donors and they'll be accepting small donor money but this is the campaign finance world we live in after citizens united. but offering this kind of access to big donors was precisely what bovm w obama was campaigning against in 2007 and 2008. every political strategist involved in the campaign told us on this show, both sides of the aisle, they all believe the campaign finance system is a mess, yet we continue to see a perpetuation of the so-called flawed system like what we see with what's going on here. this is how a bad system becomes worse. wond wh wonder what candidate obama would say about this. >>> these are live pictures of secretary of state john kerry and his british counterpart speaking in london. talking about the future of syria and iran right now. this is kerry's first stop, london that is, on an 11-day, nine-country overseas trip, his first one as secretary of state. he's also making stops in berlin, paris, rome, arrange kara, cairo, riyadh, abu d
look, the obama folks can rationalize this all they want. yes, they'll disclose donors and they'll be accepting small donor money but this is the campaign finance world we live in after citizens united. but offering this kind of access to big donors was precisely what bovm w obama was campaigning against in 2007 and 2008. every political strategist involved in the campaign told us on this show, both sides of the aisle, they all believe the campaign finance system is a mess, yet we continue to...
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we'll discuss drones and the obama-bush doctrine conundrum just ahead. twins. i didn't see them coming. i have obligations. cute obligations, but obligations. i need to rethink the core of my portfolio. what i really need is sleep. introducing the ishares core, building blocks for the heart of your portfolio. find out why 9 out of 10 large professional investors choose ishares for their etfs. ishares by blackrock. call 1-800-ishares for a prospectus which includes investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. read and consider it carefully before investing. risk includes possible loss of principal. five days later, i had a massive heart attack. bayer aspirin was the first thing the emts gave me. now, i'm on a bayer aspirin regimen. [ male announcer ] be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. [ woman ] learn from my story. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody... that's when i had an honest conversation with my doctor.
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and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party response, but the tea party republican response to the republican response to president obama's state of the union while making meaningful eye contact with something other than the camera that was pointed at her. that was the first one. the year after that, the tea party republican response to the republican response to the state of the union was given by pizza company executive herman cain. >> and so i say in response on behalf of the tea party and citizens people across this country, with all due respect, mr. president, some of us are not stupid. the state of the union is not goo
and now since barack obama has been president, they have come up with a new idea. the idea of doing not just a rebuttal to the president's state of the union address, but also a rebuttal to their own rebuttal. what? yes. for the third year in a row now, republicans are rebutting themselves as well as rebutting the president. what could possibly go wrong? the first year was 2011 when minnesota congresswoman and eventual presidential candidate michele bachmann gave not the republican party...
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so check out the website for this swanky website where the obamas spent valentine's day. it's called minibar. >>> house speaker john boehner blew a kiss to luke russert. >>> and you'll want to hear what the president said about the penny. he didn't rule out the idea of getting rid of it. >> this is not going to be a huge savings for government, but any time we're spending more money on something that people don't actually use, that's an example of something we should probably change. >> and if you read only one thing this morning, "time" magazine tries to answer the question that a lot of us had as conditions for the stranded carnival cruise passengers got more and more disgusting. why weren't they just evacuated? why not send in the coast guard? it's up on our facebook page at facebook/jansingco. it reduces the urge to smoke. it put me at ease that you could smoke on the first week. [ male announcer ] some people had changes in behavior, thinking or mood, hostility, agitation, depressed mood and suicidal thoughts or actions while taking or after stopping chantix. if you
so check out the website for this swanky website where the obamas spent valentine's day. it's called minibar. >>> house speaker john boehner blew a kiss to luke russert. >>> and you'll want to hear what the president said about the penny. he didn't rule out the idea of getting rid of it. >> this is not going to be a huge savings for government, but any time we're spending more money on something that people don't actually use, that's an example of something we should...
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the obama administration is not letting up. today, vice president joe biden met with local leaders and law enforcement officials in philadelphia. today former congresswoman gabby giffords released a new ad. >> take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> let's turn to our congressional panel tonight. let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of minnesota. great to have all of you with us on the program tonight. >> good to be with you, ed. >> you bet. >> congressman cummings, gun violence is something that has touched you personally, that personal connection. tell the audience what it means to get something done on this issue. >> a year and a half ago, ed, my nephew, christopher cummings, an honor student at old dominion in norfolk, somebody tried to rob him at ak in the morning. and burst into his apartment, and they -- he resisted the robbery, and they killed him. and, you know, ed, i can't even begin to t
the obama administration is not letting up. today, vice president joe biden met with local leaders and law enforcement officials in philadelphia. today former congresswoman gabby giffords released a new ad. >> take it from me. congress must act. let's get this done. >> let's turn to our congressional panel tonight. let's turn to congressman elijah cummings of maryland joining us. also tonight congresswoman jan schakowsky of illinois and congressman keith ellison of minnesota. great...
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if it is president obama's bill, we will filibuster it. >> of course, the thing with president obama and his bill, he wants people to have amnesty after eight years. this is the wrong idea. people who are here illegally, they need to pay back taxes and follow the rule of law. the president wants to give them a pass. >> ron, i have no problems if they state their opposition to the president's bill for that purpose. let's not play this game if the president introduces it, it is dead on arrival. he is the president of the united states. you made a good point. we democrats supported a lot of president george w. bush's key items. >> this is where we agree. let's give it up or down vote. >> let's end it on that. >>> let's go to number three on the first five web stories. the russian meteor blast. it was larger than first thought. 40 people are still hospitalized. [ female announcer ] today, jason is here to volunteer to help those in need. when a twinge of back pain surprises him. morning starts in high spirits, but there's a growing pain in his lower back. as lines grow longer, his pain c
if it is president obama's bill, we will filibuster it. >> of course, the thing with president obama and his bill, he wants people to have amnesty after eight years. this is the wrong idea. people who are here illegally, they need to pay back taxes and follow the rule of law. the president wants to give them a pass. >> ron, i have no problems if they state their opposition to the president's bill for that purpose. let's not play this game if the president introduces it, it is dead...
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that hurts this economy and your obama line. because of these automatic cuts about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and southwests throughout the commonwealth because if they don't have money in their pockets or less money in their pockets, that means they're less able to afford to buy goods and services from other businesses, so it's not just restricted to the defense industry. all told, the sequester could cost tens of thousands of jobs right here in virginia. it doesn't just stop there. if the sequester goes into effect, more than 2,000 college students would lose their financial aid. for nearly 1,000 children and 18,000 fewer virginians would get the skill and training they need to find a job. across the country these cuts will force federal prosecutors to close cases and potentially let criminals go. air traffic controllers and aircraft security will see
that hurts this economy and your obama line. because of these automatic cuts about 90,000 virginians who work for the department of defense would be forced to take unpaid leave from their jobs. then that means there's going to be a ripple effect on thousands of other jobs and businesses and southwests throughout the commonwealth because if they don't have money in their pockets or less money in their pockets, that means they're less able to afford to buy goods and services from other...
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not great for president obama. they want to see this get resolved as quickly as possible. at this point in time they're still confident. as you know last week, they were holding that cloture vote. vice president biden was reaching tout members on the hill at this point in time. i don't have any education that he is making phone calls this week, but, again, senior administration officials will be engaged in this process in the coming days to make sure that there are no more bumps, andrea. >> and kristen, i know you are still in florida where the president has another day of golf today, although the wind looks like it won't be a great golf day. want to ask you about that in a moment. first, let's look at what john mccain had to say about benghazi. chuck hagel was, of course, not in office during benghazi, but that has been a big issue. this is mccain and david gregory on "meet the press" over benghazi. >> we have had a massive coverup on the part of -- >> a massive coverup of what? i mean, susan -- wait a minute. susan rice said there was a lot of confusion. i'm asking you -
not great for president obama. they want to see this get resolved as quickly as possible. at this point in time they're still confident. as you know last week, they were holding that cloture vote. vice president biden was reaching tout members on the hill at this point in time. i don't have any education that he is making phone calls this week, but, again, senior administration officials will be engaged in this process in the coming days to make sure that there are no more bumps, andrea....
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laid out the case of progressive values and the push for a transformative next four years, president obama will pivot back to the economy in the state of the union address, and the president will outline initiatives on clean energy, climate change, and the usual laundry list that you would expect in a democratic state of the union and it is focused on strengthening the middle-class and things that he previewed in a pep talk after he left last thursday. >> our economy grows when everybody's getting a fair shot and everybody is getting a fair shake and everybody is playing by the same rules. >> president is also expected to cast second-term agenda items from immigration reform to gun control and climate change in economic terms. white house says that every one of the president's proposals will be paid for and will not add to the deficit, and of course, it is how he pays for it that is going to be the debate point. after his tuesday night speech, president obama hits the road for a three-day tour, and stops in asheville, north carolina, wednesday and atlanta on thursday and chicago on friday.
laid out the case of progressive values and the push for a transformative next four years, president obama will pivot back to the economy in the state of the union address, and the president will outline initiatives on clean energy, climate change, and the usual laundry list that you would expect in a democratic state of the union and it is focused on strengthening the middle-class and things that he previewed in a pep talk after he left last thursday. >> our economy grows when...
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perhaps heed the advice of an economist before president obama orren before president eisenhower e's time, john maynard keyes who warned that the boom and not the slump is the right time for austerity. with me is economist lawrence michelle, professor of the po policy institute, and dorn lord at columbia university and a fellow at the roosevelt institute, and cnbc contributor ari, and also joined by former senior adviser by rick perry. i have a table full of guys, and this never happens on the mhp show, but i am fascinated by this idea that it is growth and in fact, a courageous growth experiment that may be what we need in our lean times. lawrence, talk to me about the sequester, any reason to cut right now? >> well, i agree, melissa, that the priority that this nation is to lower the unemployment, because right now it is higher than worst moments of the last two recession, and according to the cbo, according to the end of 2015, the unemployment rate will be one percentage less. when it is that much at the national level we know it is double that for the blacks and putting downward
perhaps heed the advice of an economist before president obama orren before president eisenhower e's time, john maynard keyes who warned that the boom and not the slump is the right time for austerity. with me is economist lawrence michelle, professor of the po policy institute, and dorn lord at columbia university and a fellow at the roosevelt institute, and cnbc contributor ari, and also joined by former senior adviser by rick perry. i have a table full of guys, and this never happens on the...
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friday president obama spoke at a chicago high school. hours later a freshman at the school destiny warren found out her 18-year-old sister was killed by a single gun shot wound to the head. >>> new information about the meteor that exploded on friday. nasa says the meteor was bigger than originally thought. they say the fire ball was 55 feet wide and weighed about 10,000 tons. it was traveling at 40,000 miles per hour when it exploded over siberia. >>> and another milestone for michael jordan. the basketball legend turns 50 today. happy birthday, m.j. >>> that was the pope this morning speaking from his window at the vatican while thousands of people gathered at st. peteers square. this is the pope's second to last sunday before retirement. the pope announced last week he is stepping down by the end of the month. anne thompson with more ont that. >> reporter: more than 50,000 people came to hear the pope. that is double the size of last week's crowd. he spoke to them in six different languages thanking them for their prayers and support
friday president obama spoke at a chicago high school. hours later a freshman at the school destiny warren found out her 18-year-old sister was killed by a single gun shot wound to the head. >>> new information about the meteor that exploded on friday. nasa says the meteor was bigger than originally thought. they say the fire ball was 55 feet wide and weighed about 10,000 tons. it was traveling at 40,000 miles per hour when it exploded over siberia. >>> and another milestone...
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it is hard to see how president obama would escape responsibility for that. but the good news is the bad news. it won't be felt immediately but the bad news is it won't be felt immediately. for those of you saying it is a catastrophe a lot of you won't feel it. >> not everyone believes the sequester portends disaster. this is fox news sunday. >> the crisis is made up. it has been created. i didn't support the sequester because that's a stupid way to cut spending. it's the only way washington, republicans and democrats are ever going to get out of both parties some spending cuts. >> is that true? is this the only way? >> it's not the only way. both sides have been bucking for a melt down. in august 2011 it was the debt ceiling and then the fiscal cliff. these things were averted with short term solutions. this particular solution, this sequestration allows both sides to have the melt down that they have been jockeying for and it is less impactful than a government shut down and probably less than breaching the debt ceiling. it is a managed risk here. i don't k
it is hard to see how president obama would escape responsibility for that. but the good news is the bad news. it won't be felt immediately but the bad news is it won't be felt immediately. for those of you saying it is a catastrophe a lot of you won't feel it. >> not everyone believes the sequester portends disaster. this is fox news sunday. >> the crisis is made up. it has been created. i didn't support the sequester because that's a stupid way to cut spending. it's the only way...
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the photos of baby obama got just under 70,000 views. the photos of baby romney just over 6,000 views. that is worse than 10 to 1. okay, maybe it's a baby thing. how about if we age them a little. barack obama, i have to say, was not the world's most handsome teenager. those were kind of his awkward years, whereas mitt romney was quite possibly the world's best teenager. they both ended up as very handsome adult men, but they went through their awkward periods, their gawky periods at different ages. but even with that, again, the young man photos of barack obama get roughly 70,000 views. the comparable votes of young man mitt romney get less than 1/5 that number. this is not a republican versus democrat thing or a conservative versus liberal thing either. at the height of her powers, put sarah palin's click per headline stats up against any democrat you can imagine or any combination of democrats you can imagine and she would blow everybody out of the water. conservatives can attract interest. just not this one, for whatever reason. the
the photos of baby obama got just under 70,000 views. the photos of baby romney just over 6,000 views. that is worse than 10 to 1. okay, maybe it's a baby thing. how about if we age them a little. barack obama, i have to say, was not the world's most handsome teenager. those were kind of his awkward years, whereas mitt romney was quite possibly the world's best teenager. they both ended up as very handsome adult men, but they went through their awkward periods, their gawky periods at different...
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president obama. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism in redistributing wealth. >> this is stunning hostility and venom against the president. >> it is stunning. and there was a lot of talk about whether or not the echo chamber served the conservative movement. >> i will say this, people talk about how much obama gets abused. this happened a lot with bill clinton, too. it was pretty vicious right up until they wanted to use bill clinton as the foil for talking about how bad obama was. but they never asked for bill clinton's birth certificate. >> on top of this, the president of fox news comes out and accuses the president of being devicive the president of fox news actually says -- let me quote him correctly. the president likes to divide people into groups. he's too busy getting the middle class to hate rich people, blacks to hate whites, he is busy trying to get everybody to hate each other. when this president has tried in every way he can to do the opposite of that. >> of course. >> i mean, it's ludicrous. fi
president obama. >> barack obama is a socialist. he believes in socialism in redistributing wealth. >> this is stunning hostility and venom against the president. >> it is stunning. and there was a lot of talk about whether or not the echo chamber served the conservative movement. >> i will say this, people talk about how much obama gets abused. this happened a lot with bill clinton, too. it was pretty vicious right up until they wanted to use bill clinton as the foil...
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barack obama doesn't make it easy. this year, it will be a little bit easier because it's his second term. there's four years of precedent that you can go on. and i suspect a lot of drone jokes to be made by conan o brian. >> but, you know, he, himself, is pretty funny. look at this. >> in the next hundred days, my partisan out reach would be so successful that even john boehner would consider becoming a democrat. after all, we have a lot in common. he is a person of color. although not a color that appears in the natural world. >> as some of you heard, the state of hawaii released my official long form birth certificate. tonigh tonight, i'm prepared to go a step further. tonight, for the first time, i am releasing my official birth video. ♪ in the circle of life >> four years ago, i was looked in a brutal primary battle with hillary clinton. four years later, she won't stop drunk texting me from cartahena. >> in my first term, we passed health care reform. in my second term, i guess i'll pass it again. >> i mean, ho
barack obama doesn't make it easy. this year, it will be a little bit easier because it's his second term. there's four years of precedent that you can go on. and i suspect a lot of drone jokes to be made by conan o brian. >> but, you know, he, himself, is pretty funny. look at this. >> in the next hundred days, my partisan out reach would be so successful that even john boehner would consider becoming a democrat. after all, we have a lot in common. he is a person of color. although...
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so why the leak of an obama plan? >> yeah, well, first of all i think this is something that is worth keeping in mind through all the big policy debates coming up. for instance, look at sequester and potentially another grand bargain where obama says he wants to balance the approach, more tax revenue and the republican response to that is always okay, now be specific, put a plan forward. this is what is going to happen if obama puts a plan forward on the entitlements and everything else. they're going to immediately reject it. that said, i think there is a dance here. it is a really messed up, screwed up dance that will ultimately get us to a kind of immigration reform. basically, if the psychology of the republican party, can't be obama-led or obama's bill, it can't be obama leading the republicans around. it could be obama putting the plan out, republicans talking about how it is tyranny, king obama, everything they're doing now. eventually, maybe a week or month from now, whatever it is, they come back with somethi
so why the leak of an obama plan? >> yeah, well, first of all i think this is something that is worth keeping in mind through all the big policy debates coming up. for instance, look at sequester and potentially another grand bargain where obama says he wants to balance the approach, more tax revenue and the republican response to that is always okay, now be specific, put a plan forward. this is what is going to happen if obama puts a plan forward on the entitlements and everything else....
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we don't have a new obama, it's a new strategy. and it's one in which he'll press the case and press it in public. and i think so far it's working. >> you wrote about the more visionary obama and a sort of return to liberalism, if you will, or at least it's now okay to say liberal in a way that maybe it hasn't been in a while. what do you make of john's comment that this isn't a new obama, it's a new strategy? >> if you read obama's books which is why i fell for the guy, reading him will, it's no surprise that he is essentially a liberal. he's essentially in that tradition. and it's a proud tradition. he doesn't use the word himself. but the fact that the "new york times" a banner headline and all these papers just use it. that used to be like swearing in public. well, it's okay to swear this public now. so everyone the word liberal -- >> this is a family show. >> i think what the side of all this that we haven't seen is, yes, he's demanding these things out of congress. he's not going to get all of them. he may get none of them or
we don't have a new obama, it's a new strategy. and it's one in which he'll press the case and press it in public. and i think so far it's working. >> you wrote about the more visionary obama and a sort of return to liberalism, if you will, or at least it's now okay to say liberal in a way that maybe it hasn't been in a while. what do you make of john's comment that this isn't a new obama, it's a new strategy? >> if you read obama's books which is why i fell for the guy, reading him...
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president obama. but the supposedly gigantic growth of those deficits is why congressional republicans are >>> in march 2007, some of the fine folks at morgan stanley were brainstorming via e-mail about what they wanted to call a new product they were working on. it was an investment package essentially that they would eventually go on to sell to a chinese bank. here are some of the potential product names that were suggested in this brainstorming session by a particular morgan stanley vice president. flutter fish 2007, or mike tyson's punchout 2007, or he also suggested nuclear holocaust 2007. now, you don't think that will sell it? what about subprime meltdown 2007, or perhaps best of all, the right-to-the-point suggestion of poopbag 2011. only the morgan stanley guy did not suggest the word "poop" before bag, but suggested the other four-letter word that means the same thing but starts with the letter "s." the reason they insisted on giving their products such derogatory names is because they knew
president obama. but the supposedly gigantic growth of those deficits is why congressional republicans are >>> in march 2007, some of the fine folks at morgan stanley were brainstorming via e-mail about what they wanted to call a new product they were working on. it was an investment package essentially that they would eventually go on to sell to a chinese bank. here are some of the potential product names that were suggested in this brainstorming session by a particular morgan stanley...
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president obama. but the supposedly gigantic growth of those deficits is why congressional republicans are committed to us lurching from self-imposed crisis to self-imposed crisis instead of us working this stuff out like adults. the accusation that president obama has grown the deficit giantly since he has been in office is a very politically potent accusation. and when republicans say it, the beltway media tends to write it down as if it was true. it is not true. it has not been true for a very long time, and there is really no excuse anymore for not knowing that. all stations come over to mission a for a final go. this is for real this time. step seven point two one two. verify and lock. command is locked. five seconds. three, two, one. standing by for capture. the most innovative software on the planet... dragon is captured. is connecting today's leading companies to places beyond it. siemens. answers. but they have to use special care in keeping the denture clean. dentures are very different to r
president obama. but the supposedly gigantic growth of those deficits is why congressional republicans are committed to us lurching from self-imposed crisis to self-imposed crisis instead of us working this stuff out like adults. the accusation that president obama has grown the deficit giantly since he has been in office is a very politically potent accusation. and when republicans say it, the beltway media tends to write it down as if it was true. it is not true. it has not been true for a...
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that they are criticizing rather than the real obama. what's the point of the gop putting rubio up there if he can't sell immigration. immigration reform. he can talk about it in a touchy feely way and make a case for immigration. >> he has been doing a good job. >> they're didn't do it last night and the caucus is divided about it. if he can't sell it, there is no chance. >> i feel he could win arousing 47% of the voters like that. i didn't see anything new there. i want to talk about the infamous water moment. it's silly and totally silly. the guy needed a drink of water, no big deal. i get uncomfortable watching people who are uncomfortable and i was so uncomfortable for him during that speech because i could tell his mouth was dry and he kept touching his face and the water moment. i had to reread the speech because i was so uncomfortable for him. that is a problem because he seemed nervous. he seemed like he wasn't quite ready for that stage. in all seriousness, i asked myself how would chris christie handle that water drinking mome
that they are criticizing rather than the real obama. what's the point of the gop putting rubio up there if he can't sell immigration. immigration reform. he can talk about it in a touchy feely way and make a case for immigration. >> he has been doing a good job. >> they're didn't do it last night and the caucus is divided about it. if he can't sell it, there is no chance. >> i feel he could win arousing 47% of the voters like that. i didn't see anything new there. i want to...
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tonight monday of president obama's inauguration, the first day president obama outlined this wide ranging liberal agenda for his second term, that same day there was a drone strike in yemen. and that drone strike on inauguration day followed drone strikes in yemen on both days of the weekend that preceded inauguration day. so we had drone strikes on saturday and on sunday and on monday, the monday the president was sworn in. it doesn't really make the news. one of the most unusual things about drone strikes for us as citizens in a country that does this is that for so long our country would not admit that we did them, even when we all knew that we did. that was the case. that did not change officially until april of last year. april 2012. and the person the administration put forth to do that, to admit that policy for the first time publicly was john brennan. >> so let me say it as simply as i can. yes, in full accordance with the law and in order to prevent terrorist attacks on the united states and to save american lives, the united states government conducts targeted strikes against sp
tonight monday of president obama's inauguration, the first day president obama outlined this wide ranging liberal agenda for his second term, that same day there was a drone strike in yemen. and that drone strike on inauguration day followed drone strikes in yemen on both days of the weekend that preceded inauguration day. so we had drone strikes on saturday and on sunday and on monday, the monday the president was sworn in. it doesn't really make the news. one of the most unusual things about...
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if barack obama turns into a big success, as di
if barack obama turns into a big success, as di
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when barack obama says you know what? we're going to fix this by raising taxes yet again, barack obama and nancy pelosi and the democratic party are out of touch. now, listen. i've been spending the past four years saying the republican party is out of touch, and they're going to lose the presidential election because of it. and i was right. republicans. now, let me say to democrats. you're out of touch. you've got a spending problem. medicare is a problem. and if you go back to the well again and raise taxes again, if that's your answer, your answer's always raising taxes, you're going to make eric cantor, john boehner and the republicans in the house seem like a sane alternative to even bigger government, bigger spending and bigger taxes. it's -- i can't believe they're making the same mistake republicans have made, and that is winning and going too far to the left. >> a balanced approach would have been more, quite frankly, realistic, believable, and you're right, less destructive. >> they're incapable, though, of bein
when barack obama says you know what? we're going to fix this by raising taxes yet again, barack obama and nancy pelosi and the democratic party are out of touch. now, listen. i've been spending the past four years saying the republican party is out of touch, and they're going to lose the presidential election because of it. and i was right. republicans. now, let me say to democrats. you're out of touch. you've got a spending problem. medicare is a problem. and if you go back to the well again...
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obama hasn't fundamentally changed obama's political sfraukture. he goes onto declare that "republicans just have a perception problem with hispanics. a perception problem? does he understand the amount of change that we've seen happen in this country? and how people are not just talking about perception? but reality and the realities have changed? >> well, i think carl rove of 2012 needs to have a conversation with carl rove of 2004 when he realized in 2004, carl rove nuf that he needed the hispanic vote. and he recognized he didn't need every single catholic and he didn't need every single person of color. he just needed a percentage off the top in order to move the republican agenda forward. since then, the republican party has gone off the deep enld. and they're also losing, as a result of caterering to the tea party so quickly. they're also actually losing a lot of moderate republicans. not only is the country more diverse, its's younger and it has a lot of single women and it has asians running and african americans and latinos. it's a whole
obama hasn't fundamentally changed obama's political sfraukture. he goes onto declare that "republicans just have a perception problem with hispanics. a perception problem? does he understand the amount of change that we've seen happen in this country? and how people are not just talking about perception? but reality and the realities have changed? >> well, i think carl rove of 2012 needs to have a conversation with carl rove of 2004 when he realized in 2004, carl rove nuf that he...
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and this is a neighborhood that president obama knows well. his home here in -- family house here in chicago is only about two miles away. he represented this area in the state legislature in springfield, illinois. as one of really our first urban presidents, he knows the dangers and what goes on on these straits very well. he's having a conversation with 16 students about it right now. >> i understand that mayor rahm emanuel will be introducing the president. there was some question about the politics of the president giving this speech in chicago and potentially calling attention to the fact that the murder rate in chicago is actually up year over year under mayor rahm emanuel. >> well, i think that it's sort of undeniable. this is now sort of mayor em emanuel's a problem. he's now halfway through his first term and this really will determine much of the success or failure and how this term is viewed is how he does handle this issue. as you said, there are more than 500 homicides in chicago last year. that's more than the new york city, whic
and this is a neighborhood that president obama knows well. his home here in -- family house here in chicago is only about two miles away. he represented this area in the state legislature in springfield, illinois. as one of really our first urban presidents, he knows the dangers and what goes on on these straits very well. he's having a conversation with 16 students about it right now. >> i understand that mayor rahm emanuel will be introducing the president. there was some question...
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president obama's campaign election platform was kind of modest. if you remember his big convention speech the promises there were weirdly small and the policies to get to them, a bit vague. >> we can cut our oil imports in half by 2020, and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone. so help me. help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers within ten years. help us work the colleges and universities to cut in half the growth of tuition costs over the next ten years. you can choose a future where we reduce our deficit without sticking it to the middle class. i want to reform the tax code so that simple, fair, and ask the richer households to pay taxes on incomes over $250,000. >> a few more teachers, a bit more natural gas, lower deficit, tax reform, all good stuff. not that big, there was nothing big and specific on immigration reform, or climate change, it was popular tweets, not ambitious for the country. and that was the campaign, so it would have been careful for the second term, the ambitious was so big, so much in there, al
president obama's campaign election platform was kind of modest. if you remember his big convention speech the promises there were weirdly small and the policies to get to them, a bit vague. >> we can cut our oil imports in half by 2020, and support more than 600,000 new jobs in natural gas alone. so help me. help me recruit 100,000 math and science teachers within ten years. help us work the colleges and universities to cut in half the growth of tuition costs over the next ten years. you...
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that is one of the big ideas of the obama presidency, right? essentially, reorienting how america deals with the world away from the u.s. military and toward u.s. diplomacy. to upscale our soft power capacity as a country so we have more options beyond just the option of force. this president did a lot to advance that idea simply by putting somebody as high profile as hillary clinton in the job of america's head diplomat. but the overall goal of upscaling state, upscaling diplomacy and development so they are right up there with defense, like she said today, that is widely regarded as a goal that is not yet realized. secretary clinton alluded to that fact today when she said she now plans to become an advocate for that cause from the outside. it is, frankly, easy to imagine that as the core for her return to public life and politics for hillary clinton at some point, but we shall see. the secretary also reflected today on how she is really leaving public life for the first time in a very long time. and she suggested that that might make her a l
that is one of the big ideas of the obama presidency, right? essentially, reorienting how america deals with the world away from the u.s. military and toward u.s. diplomacy. to upscale our soft power capacity as a country so we have more options beyond just the option of force. this president did a lot to advance that idea simply by putting somebody as high profile as hillary clinton in the job of america's head diplomat. but the overall goal of upscaling state, upscaling diplomacy and...
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my own idea is the solution the obama reached is win-win. getting birth control to women for free will help to make it free. to keep the catholic church out of that transaction makes it no less benefic
my own idea is the solution the obama reached is win-win. getting birth control to women for free will help to make it free. to keep the catholic church out of that transaction makes it no less benefic
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which he and president obama attended. he said president obama was quote would have made a perfect president of harvard law school because quote, there were fewer declared republicans in the faculty when we were there than communists. there was one republican but there were 12 who would say they were markists who believed in the communist overthrowing the united states government, end of quote. wow. he compared president obama to someone who want to overturn a government. and he still is lobbing these attacks now that he is in the senate. >> i think president obama is the most radical president we've ever seen. i think an awful lot of republicans fail to stand for principle and contributed to getting us in this mess. >> someone a definitely radical. but it's not the president. senator cruz, are you now or have you ever been even remotely serious about these accusations? nice try. but we got you. gevalia, or a cup of johan, is like losing yourself in a great book. may i read something? yes, please. of course. a rich, never
which he and president obama attended. he said president obama was quote would have made a perfect president of harvard law school because quote, there were fewer declared republicans in the faculty when we were there than communists. there was one republican but there were 12 who would say they were markists who believed in the communist overthrowing the united states government, end of quote. wow. he compared president obama to someone who want to overturn a government. and he still is...
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so today president obama going to use his bully pulpit. he's going to meet with labor leaders and ceos and he's going to make the case to them that immigration reform is good for the economy. here's a look at who he's going to be meeting with in terms of the labor leaders. richard trumka of the afl-cio, eliseo medina, lloyd blankfein, and arnie sorenson, among others. so those are just a few of the folks with whom he will be meeting this afternoon. of course, time is of the essence, thomas. the president believes he has about a year, year and a half, to really make movements on some of these other policy issues, like gun control, like immigration reform. as you know, he was in minnesota yet, pressing for new gun safety measures. so i think this is a tactic you're going to see this white house continue with over the next several weeks. >> when you say time is of the essence, because of 2014, the midterms coming up. and when we talk about time, we know we have just a week to go until the state of the union address. but we're also learning th
so today president obama going to use his bully pulpit. he's going to meet with labor leaders and ceos and he's going to make the case to them that immigration reform is good for the economy. here's a look at who he's going to be meeting with in terms of the labor leaders. richard trumka of the afl-cio, eliseo medina, lloyd blankfein, and arnie sorenson, among others. so those are just a few of the folks with whom he will be meeting this afternoon. of course, time is of the essence, thomas. the...
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they see chuck hagel as the human roadblock and the some boll that barack obama, the president obama is not going to let them have their war in iran and that's what's the problem with chuck hagel. >> i say that again. you're so smart. >> i appreciate that. >> i'm serious. i think you're unbelievable. >> thank you, chris. >> i keep hearing my brain talk. thank you. i think we're redundant. coming up it's hillary clinton's last day at the white house. it's the first day of the rest of her life and it may well include campaign for 20106 president. she hasn't said she's going to run but there are plenty of democrats who say i do. >>> we showed you john mccain and lindsey graham's rude behavior and they're hardly alone. the lesson the gop seems to have learned from 2012, if you want to keep losing, keep doing what you're doing. fascinating. >>> the people in charge of dealing with palestinians and the occupied territories, turns out they're a lot more like barack obama than like benjamin netanyahu. finally let me finish tonight with a fabulous delegation of the united states senate now. e
they see chuck hagel as the human roadblock and the some boll that barack obama, the president obama is not going to let them have their war in iran and that's what's the problem with chuck hagel. >> i say that again. you're so smart. >> i appreciate that. >> i'm serious. i think you're unbelievable. >> thank you, chris. >> i keep hearing my brain talk. thank you. i think we're redundant. coming up it's hillary clinton's last day at the white house. it's the first...